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Culture
Qoyllur Rit’i – Inti Alabado – Tayankani
In the Andes mountains of Cusco, every year more than 100,000 people come with music and dance in pilgrimage to…
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Commentary
The Problem of Knowledge in the Andes
Who are you and what do you seek? This classic question is at the heart of much in Cuzco. For…
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Commentary
The Mountains, Rivers, and Lakes Claim Devotion in Cuzco and Beyond
Mountains surround Cuzco, as is fitting for a very mountainous Peru where the mountains stand up from the coast like…
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Travel
Apu Ausangate, the Mountain Lord of Cusco
The great mountain Lord (Apu) of Cusco is called Ausangate. On a clear day Ausangate’s north face is visible to…
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Traditional Food
Cuzco Fed the Earth
Yesterday, the first of August, the Day of the Pachamama was celebrated in the city of Cuzco. This day has…
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Archeology
Sacsayhuaman, the Great God of Cuzco
Sacsayhuaman reclines on the crest above Cuzco. A very important site for Inca Cuzco, massive in grandeur, it continues to…
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Customs
A Celebration of Bread in Oropesa, Tanta Raymi
While a gigantic chuta bread, five meters wide, was at the center, the celebration of the twentieth Tanta Raymi in…
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Traditional Food
Chicken, Christmas Eve, and the Change of Time
Three, two, one, the people of Cuzco count down on Christmas Eve, as if waiting for a space ship to…
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